diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9246a3de1..305282180 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <spring.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.20.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.security.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.14</log4j.version>